Polls apart

I used to publish more polls on the websites than I do now. The one during the past week to see whether visitors to the website were going to watch the Olympics had a valuable component - there were several possible results.

I've not run a "best athlete of the year" poll for a couple of years because there there were so few contenders. That is not to say that we haven't got some great athletes who have performed well on and off the Isle of Man but there is one who is close to his peak and towers above the rest.

Unlike cycling with Mark Cavendish, we do not have someone who is the best in the world in our sport from this tiny Island. But to have the top British runner in the Great North Run (on his debut) was pretty special.

To have a winner in the National Cross Country puts Keith Gerrard polls apart.